A federal judge said he would hold a hearing on Wednesday on CNN's lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking the speedy reinstatement of press credentials for White House correspondent Jim Acosta, a frequent target of President Donald Trump.Read more ...

Ted Olson turned down President Donald Trump's request to join his legal team in March 2018. Now he's part of CNN's lawsuit against Trump and other administration officials over the abrupt withdrawal of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's access to White House briefings.
Olson served as a strong conservative voice in the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush administrations, and argued cases repeatedly before the the Supreme Court as a private attorney and as solicitor general under Bush. This included winning landmark cases like Citizens United, which expanded unfettered campaign spending, and...Read more ...

If CNN reporter Jim Acosta is such a troublous force inside the White House Briefing Room-a “rude, terrible person” as President Donald Trump recently put it-deserving of being banned from White House grounds, then why did Trump and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders routinely call on him during the televised question and answer periods at the White House over the past 22 months? Had Acosta's behavior truly offended them, Sanders and Trump could have permanently stifled the pesky reporter by treating him like a ghost, averting their gazes and picking other reporters during question...Read more ...